Sailing Into The Wind A Memoir Of Life Lessons [Hardcover]

What does it mean to be a woman? Marion Bowman seeks the answer in Sailing into the Wind: A Memoir of Life Lessons. Transformed by the women's movement of the 1960s, she reaches to break free from society's label of wife and mother as the definition of womanhood. Reflecting on her own life after her sister's death and the ensuing questions of her children, Marion sits down to write about her life and ponders this in-depth question with raw honesty and openness.
Marion was born in exotic Belize, in the dusty coastal town of Stann Creek. The middle child in her family of three siblings and many cousins, they spent days fishing in sailboats and living a quiet life until relocating to the busy city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Shortly after college, Marion's path became similar that of other young women--a path to becoming a wife and mother.
Love for her children fostered duty and self-sacrifice, while her role in marriage was guided by society's confines. Yet an ache began to churn within her heart.
In Sailing into the Wind: A Memoir of Life Lessons, the struggle of seeking one's own identity beyond that of wife and mother is examined, and how it's okay to want more. Recalling a love of sports and developing passion for adventure and travel, Marion grows in independence and learns to sail in the wind as she discovers what it means to be a woman in the world. Ponder this deep question about your own journey, and explore what it means to be a woman.